Vanity box



Feb. 19 1924.

. 1,484,161 P. VAN DER VOORT VANITY BOX Filed May 15, 1922 Patented Feb, ltd, lltilit h PEARL 't'l'ihhl DEE; VUOlit'l, F GARLAND, CALIFORNIA.

VANITY H9111.

application filed 15, 1922.

To all to item it may concern:

le it known that l, Paar-m "Van Den t .nr, a citizen of the United States, residat Ualrland, in the county of Alameda and filtate of California, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Vanity lid-ores, of which the following is a spec-- ilication.

. invention is a vanity box in which is mounted a small storage battery electric light for lighting the face of the user of the box so that the user may see her face in the mirror of the boar at night.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which my invention is illustrated and which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vanity boa embodying my invention.

.lz igure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing the storage battery and electric light.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modification of my invention.

in the drawing 1 indicates the lower compartment, 2 the upper compartment, 3 the upper compartment lid. and d the mirror within said lid of a vanity born. The lid 3 is shorter in length than the upper compartment 2 and upstanding end members 5 and 6 are formed on the ends of said upper compertinent between which members the lid 3 closes the compartment.

In the form of my invention shown in Figure 1 the end member 5 is made in two sections, a lower section 7 and an upper section 8 which sections are hinged together at their outer meeting edges by hinges 9, so that the upper section may swing upwardly and outwardly from the left end of the box. The member 5 is formed with a cylindrical cavity 10, a semi-spherical recess 11 in its front end and an opening 12 communicating with the forward end of said cavity and with said. recess, the lower halves of said cavity, recess and opening being formed in the lower section 7 of member 5 and the upper halves of said cavity, recess and opening being formed in the upper section of said member. in the cavity is placed a storage battery 13 and in the forward end of said cavity is placed a cylindrical terminal lt Serial. No. 561,063.

around the forward end of said battery, which terminal includes an internally threaded sleeve 15 extending forwardly therefrom through the opening 1%. ln the recess 11 is fitted a lamp reflector 16 within which an incandescent lamp 17 is mounted by means of its threaded shank 18 which screws into the threaded terminal sleeve 15 against the other battery terminal 19. ill spring 20 is placed in the rear end of cavity 10 which bears against the rear end of bat tery 18 and maintains terminal 19 in engagement with the lamp terminal shank 18. in the top of the section 8 is provided a slot 21 through which projects a switch 22 controlling the battery 13 and lamp 17. A plate 28 is pivoted at one upper corner to the forward end of section 8 above the recess 11, which plate normally rests in its lowermost position covering said recess and the lamp 17, but may be readily turned up to expose said lamp to enable the light of the lamp to light the face of the user of the box so that the face is visible in the mirror d at night. The sections 7 and 8 of member 5 are held together by a catch 24:. Un the front of the plate 23 may be placed the initials 25 of the owner of the box.

In the modification of my invention shown in Figure 3 the member 5 is of the usual construction made in one unit like member 6 except that it is provided with a cylindrical bore 26 extending thereinto from the forward end of said member in which bore is fitted a self-contained storage battery and incandescent light 27, the reflector 16 and lamp 17 of which being in the forward end thereof. Catches 28 are pivoted on the forward end of the member 5 for engaging the forward end of the battery and incandescent light 27 to hold the same in said member within the bore 26.

Having described my invention, 1 claim:

1. ln a vanity box, a lower compartment, an upper compartment hinged thereto, end members extending above the upper compartment, one of said members being sectional, means to secure the sections together, a mirror located between the end members and a storage battery and electric light mounted between said sections.

2. In a vanity box having upstanding end members, a lid, a, mirror in said lid, one of the upstanding members of the box being made in two sections hinged together, a

' 5 storage battery and electric light mounted in sand member partly in one section and partly in the other section, and means for holding said sections to ther, said light being positioned to light ti; face of the user of the box so as to be visible in the mirror 1 of the lid of the box.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PEARL VAN DER VOORT. 

